Samura

Samura ibn Jundab al-Fazari, may Allah be pleased with him, was a companion of the Prophet ﷺ who embraced Islam as a young man. He was originally from the Banu Fazara tribe and became a notable companion known for transmitting a large body of hadiths from the Prophet ﷺ. He served as governor of Basra for periods during the Umayyad caliphate under Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and was known for firm, sometimes strict administrative governance. He narrated extensively on a broad range of topics including prayer, the Quran, family law, agricultural transactions, and eschatology. One of his best-known narrations is the lengthy hadith about a dream vision in which the Prophet ﷺ described to his companions what he was shown of the afterlife — the Barzakh — in vivid detail. This narration is a major source for Islamic understanding of the state of the souls after death. He also narrated the famous hadith on the aqiqah and the proper slaughter for a newborn. His narrations appear in Sahih al-Bukhari and across all major collections. He died around 58–60 AH.